Absolute And Relative Truth

THE ABSOLUTE--- PRIMARY EXPERIENTIAL TRUTHS

There are two absolutes for human existence. They are uniformly verifiable by each human, and have been so since the beginning of the human species. All other truths are relative, not absolute to human understanding. These other truths are uniquely relative to personal perception and interpretation. Through individual consensus, personal truth may become consensual truth for a social group. The group truth, however, is often thought to be absolute; however, it is not. Only personal truth is absolute.

The two absolute truths are

1. The body form begins and ends its physical existence. It is a container for a Life Force. The beginning and ending of this Life Force, or not, are issues for debate in other areas of inquiry into human understanding and behavior.
2. Between the beginning and ending of the body form, both the inner and outer worlds of the body form are in constant transformation. This change produces an environment of uncertainty for the survival of the body form.

THE RELATIVE ---SECONDARY CREATED TRUTHS

There exist an infinite number of relative truths. Each human perceives and interprets its inner and outer worlds in patterns of understanding unique to each person. From pure sensory perception to mental constructs of understanding, each person has its own unique experience. No other person can have the identical perception of another person by definition of its physical uniqueness.

However, different persons can have the same mental understandings because of consensual interpersonal communication forms. The willingness of a person to agree with another person and thereby form a common understanding about any-thing does not, in an of itself, create a valid and universal Truth. Consensual truth is only a group illusion created by individuals.

Therefore, ALL social control structures, from mythology to legality, are based upon relative truth.

The dilemma for the individual is: to what degree do I abrogate my absolute personal Truth in favor of the relative collective cultural truth?

Herein lays a source of cultural stress in everyday living.